CONK (OUT) Synonyms: 68 Similar and Opposite Words

conk (out)

verb

Definition of conk (out)

as in to faint

to lose consciousness after three days without eating, he simply conked out

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as in to die

to stop functioning the engine conked out just as we were approaching the exact middle of nowhere

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start (up)

as in to pass (on)

to stop living a list of people whose chief claim to fame is the unusual manner in which they conked out

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When a fainting episode lands him in the hospital Heidi and Sophie rush to his side.

— Rachel LaBonte, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Oct. 2026
If breathing hadn’t been so hard, someone would have fainted from the stench of the farmers’ perspiration.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of faint

Verb

At this time Randy Lawson is filling the spot left open after Tommy Boyer died.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 4 Nov. 2026
Gallagher was elected in June to serve out the term of longtime Northern California congressman Doug LaMalfa, who died suddenly early this year.

— Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of die

Verb

Gouzer is confident that Nara’s auction record will eventually fall.

— Daniel Cassady for ARTnews, Robb Report, 4 Nov. 2026
Meanwhile, the Exporters Western Cape, a lobby group, told Ramaphosa before the decision that the province’s exports to the US had already fallen 41% with particularly steep declines in juice, grapes and citrus.

— Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of fall

Verb

Resolution allows regulators to transfer a failing bank's deposits to other institutions before liquidating its remaining assets.

— EMILIO SANABRIA, Arkansas Online, 4 Nov. 2026
If power fails or core temperatures rise, the system shuts down and the liquid fuel salt drains by gravity into passive dump tanks without operator action.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of fail

Verb

In the film, Carrie impales Margaret (Piper Laurie) with flying kitchen knives, crucified within a door frame, before perishing herself.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 21 Oct. 2026
Eons ago a star up to 30 times the mass of our sun collapsed and perished, forming a black hole.

— Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of perish

Verb

After starting in the middle of the night, candidates get about four hours of sleep over the next five days and complete tasks like carrying logs, launching boats into crashing waves, lying in cold ocean water and running around 200 miles.

— James LaPorta, CBS News, 5 Nov. 2026
On Monday, De Miguel was not looking when Andorra goalkeeper Jesús Owono crashed into him while disputing a high ball late in the game.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of crash

Verb

The ceremony, which will occur inside the Council Chambers on the second floor of City Hall, will feature remarks from Dunn, in addition to a special remembrance for area veterans who have passed away over the last year, organizers said.

— Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 3 Nov. 2026
Heinz is the 22nd player to pass away from that ‘72 Dolphins team.

— Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of pass away

Verb

The new map for the 3rd district cut out Republican strongholds like Roseville and Lincoln and now includes parts of Folsom, Rancho Cordova, Auburn, Truckee and South Lake Tahoe.

— Madison Smalstig, Sacbee.com, 4 Nov. 2026
The 2025 map, now suspended, would have cut out Kansas City’s urban core and extended deep into rural mid-Missouri, around Columbia and the Ozarks.

— Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of cut out

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